Online System for Lost and Found Items to be Launched by March 2027
"Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers", was the phrase I heard often as a child in the United States. Not true in Japan! In addition to people being very honest, Japan is just amazing when it comes to lost and found. Found items, including wallets, phones, and other things of value are routinely turned in to the local police station so the the person who lost the item can get it back.
The Japan National Police Agency plans to introduce a unified lost and found database by March 2027 that will allow users to search online for items lost anywhere in Japan. Police departments will be able to record details of the found items, in addition to the date, time, and location they were found. Owner will be able to access the system therough the NPA website to search the system, rather than contacting each individual police station.
There were over three and a half million reports of lost property made to Japanese Police in 2021, and over 17 million reports for found items the same year. The online system should help owners reunite with their lost items even better. The system will be launched at ten prefectural police stations in March 2023 before going nationwide by March 2027.
6 comments:
That sounds like quite a job but a great idea!
Great news! Hopefully, other countries will follow Japan's example.
Sounds like a lovely idea. I would love to be reunited with some of the things I have lost over the years.
Only in Japan! Japan is amazing.
The statistics do not include all the lost and found items that are returned immediately - I mean when someone leaves an umbrella or a glove on the train, lots of other passengers call out: Don't forget your umbrella! You dropped your glove!
So far I have never lost anything in Japan but the day will soon come. I am glad it is in Japan I will go gaga and forgetful.
Hi Pamela: What an amazing idea, here in the US I am not sure people turn in lost items I would but how many others would.
Maybe not many.
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Catherine
That is a great idea. Very modern solution to an age old problem!
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